Racer Tunic Pattern by Lil Blue Boo

I picked up the Racer Tunic Pattern from Lil Blue Boo a few weeks ago and have been itching to sew it up!

I also own the LBB Sienna Dress Pattern, but never made a dress from it. (Only pajama tops). Once I saw that the pre-made dresses she sold had a flounce/circle skirt bottom, I wanted to make my dresses like those. They were so much cuter than the straight ruffle bottom that came with the pattern. I had always planned on figuring out the measurements to add the flounce/circle skirt bottom, but never quite got to it.

When I saw her new racer tunic pattern already had the flounce/circle skirt bottom, I bought it immediately!
(Sometimes having someone else figure out the measurements is worth the money, especially since I know I will be sewing this pattern quite often.)

I haven’t yet compared the Sienna pattern to this one, but I’m sure I’ll be able to use one of the pattern sizes to get the flounced skirt I always wanted on the Sienna pattern.

The dress was a pretty easy sew. Adding the binding wasn’t that hard, though I did manage to get the neck binding seam in the front. Not sure how that happened, but luckily, the binding is made from a ribbed knit and the seam pretty much blends right in! The hardest part (to me) was cutting and taping the pattern together! (I love the instant gratification of a pdf pattern, but I strongly dislike putting them together.)

I just love the reverse seam detail on the skirt. It is exactly what I had in mind when I bought this hot pink serger thread so long ago… I do think when I sew up the next dress, I will subtract an inch or two from the upper dropped-waist part and add it to the bottom of the flounced skirt.

My baby is growing up! Off to Kindergarten in the fall…

Does anyone else have this pattern?

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Comments

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Your dress turned out so great! I have been thinking about buying this pattern and I now that I see how cute yours turned out I think I will. I am always on the hunt for cute knit fabric. Where did you get these super cute fabrics?

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